Catalog der Lepidopteren des palaearctischen Faunengebietes

Affirmation of the NamePapilio hyllusCramer (Lycaenidae) for a Nearctic Butterfly, with the Designation of a Neotype

“…The implied Palearctic type locality proved too persuasive. Staudinger & Rebel (1901) subsequently suggested that P. hyllus seemed to represent an earlier name for P. thersamon, but their comments went unnoticed. Beginning with Barnes & Benjamin (1926) and extending through the mid-20th century, the Nearctic species was consistently recognized as Lycaena thoe.…”

Taxonomic changes in the genus Dyscia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

“…For the first time in their catalogues Staudinger (1871) and Staud inger & Rebel (1901) arranged the species of the palaearctic fauna which are part of Scodiona Boisduval, 1840 (= Dyscia;Hulst, 1896). The first comprehensive representation of the group is found in Prout (1912Prout ( -1915, who treated all known taxa in the context of his work on the palaearctic geometrid moths.…”

A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote

“…Map 6 Anarta leucocycla var. moeschleri Staudinger, 1901;in Staudinger and Rebel 1901: 219. Lasionycta l. moeschleri (Staudinger) occurs in eastern Canada from the east coast of Hudson Bay and southern Labrador north to the arctic islands near the Ungava Peninsula, Quebec. It is similar to subspecies leucocycla but has a more crisply marked dark-gray to black forewing with pale better defi ned orbicular and reniform spots and a purer white hindwing.…”